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Samsung Rethinking Decision For Galaxy S And Galaxy Tab Ice Cream Sandwich Upgrade Due To Customer Response

Power to the people as Samsung is said to be reviewing their decision not to upgrade the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab Android devices to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The company is reportedly doing an about-face, as reported by ajnews in Korea, claiming the company will review the viability of updating those two devices in response to customer outcry. Samsung is reiterating its concerns of updating both devices with … [read full article]

LG Outlines Ice Cream Sandwich Upgrade Schedule, No Mention Of T-Mobile G2x

As of this morning LG has outlined on its Facebook page its schedule for upgrading its international line of smartphone handsets to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The global upgrade schedule will begin in the second and third quarters of 2012, followed by a global rollout. Curiously enough, the second quarter of 2012 lists the “LG my Touch Q,” which I believe is an American-only T-Mobile model. It’s notable as it’s the … [read full article]

Samsung Says No To Ice Cream Sandwich On Original Galaxy S, Galaxy Tab 7″ Line

Samsung has just dropped some news that is likely to upset a lot of original Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab 7” owners unhappy. The company is arguing that because both devices lack sufficient RAM and ROM to run Ice Cream Sandwich, they cannot be expected to receive the update. This is a disappointing blow to owners of the original Galaxy S, who had expected their 1GHz Hummingbird processor and available memory … [read full article]

Google “Pauses” Nexus S Ice Cream Sandwich Update, Says They Are “Monitoring Feedback”

Reports are filtering in that Google has hit the “pause” button on their Android 4.0 update for Nexus S devices. Details are pretty sparse, but users are claiming they are receiving the update, but when the update process completes the phone boots right back into Gingerbread. Apparently, Google is able to trigger a rollback on phones that are attempting to update from all the way in Mountain View. Google hasn’t provided any reason … [read full article]

Samsung Says Galaxy S II Ice Cream Sandwich Update Coming Q1 2012

Samsung has cemented its plans for its upcoming roll-out of Ice Cream Sandwich and as expected, it’s landing on all top-shelf Android devices. This includes the GALAXY S II, GALAXY S II LTE, GALAXY Note, GALAXY R, GALAXY Tab 10.1, GALAXY Tab 8.9, GALAXY Tab 7.7, and GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus. That is an international list, of course. For those of us using devices listed above, we’re likely to … [read full article]

Nexus S GSM Devices Begin Receiving Ice Cream Sandwich Starting Today

Google has just announced that the Nexus S, their premiere Gingerbread device that launched in November of last year is getting the Ice Cream Sandwich, starting today. It’ll be a rolling release and GSM versions will receive it first — it’s possible some T-Mobile customers could start seeing it as early as today. Google says the update will be staggered over a month so if you don’t receive it today, just … [read full article]

NewEgg Drops The Price On The 16GB Unlocked Galaxy Nexus To Under $700

Ok so we’re pushing the “under $700″ line with a price tag of $699.99 but, it’s better than the first round of unlocked pricing we saw from Expansys-USA at $749.99. This particular model of the Galaxy Nexus is unlocked of course and has 16GB of internal storage. NewEgg first listed the unlocked Galaxy Nexus a week ago but at that time it was $60 more expensive. It’s a steep price to … [read full article]

ComputerWorld Releases Mega-Guide For Ice Cream Sandwich Update, Which Devices Will Get it?

As excited as we all are for the official release of the Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0 update in the United States, many of you are asking one important question: “Will my device receive the update?” The answers are coming slowly as information from the manufacturers starts to trickle out regarding specific  devices and timeframes but if you’re looking for the most comprehensive list online, look no further than ComputerWorld. JR Raphael, … [read full article]

LG Confirms Ice Cream Sandwich For International Smartphones, No Word On US Based Variants

LG took to Facebook this morning and announced that four of its smartphones will receive the update to Ice Cream Sandwich. The top four devices just so happen to be LG’s top four smartphones in the form of the Optimus 2X, Optimus Black, Optimus 3D and Optimus LTE. While the timing for the upgrade schedule has yet to be determined, the moment we caught this we wondered what about their US handsets? With … [read full article]

Ice Cream Sandwich Running On A T-Mobile G1, Kind Of

It’s clunky, it’s slow and you would not want to use it in real life but the fact that the talented folks at XDA-Developers have an Ice Cream Sandwich port up and running on a three year old T-Mobile G1 shows a lot of promise. It’s performance is powered by an archaically sounding 528MHz single-core processor, however this shows that other old-school Android smartphones might also get a taste of Ice Cream … [read full article]

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